Final reading, math Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exams scores released

Local districts post mixed bag on student achievement tests

9:19 PM,
Apr. 8, 2014

Shawn Vicenzi teaches an eighth-grade world history class in 2013 at Lombardi Middle School in Green Bay. The district, and many districts across the state, already have begun to teach to new standards.

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Students in north central Wisconsin on average stack up well against their peers in reading and math skills, as measured by results of this year's state standardized tests.

Statewide, 48.6 percent of students scored proficient or advanced in math on the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exams taken last fall, and 36.6 percent of students scored proficient or advanced in math and reading. That's an improvement from over five years ago, with all groups of students, including those in minority groups, showing progress. But an achievement gap still exists between minority students and white ...